In spite of an unpromising start, I ended up really loving Fingersmith. This is a very Dickensian tale that involves orphans, asylums, devious plots,…
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Historical Fiction
Exploring Sarah Waters’ Fingersmith: A Tale Of Love, Deception, And Redemption
byWhen I first expressed interest in reading Sarah Waters, many bloggers recommended that I start with Fingersmith. I however ended up picking up and…
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters: A Gripping Historical Novel
byThis is the second Sarah Waters book I have read. The first book I picked up is The Little Stranger, which I read a…
I read The Night Watch a couple of weeks back, and can’t say I loved it. It was very different from the usual Sarah…
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Life Lately #1
byOf late, I have been feeling like my blogging has got a bit mechanical – a bunch of book reviews (usually done way after…
A Feminist Perspective on Pride and Prejudice: The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet by Colleen McCullough
byThis is the second Pride and Prejudice-related fiction I’ve read recently (see my review of Death Comes to Pemberley). Both books came to me…
Death Comes to Pemberley
byI never really got the idea of reading all the various sequels/adaptations of Pride and Prejudice. Don’t get me wrong, I love the classic,…
Nefertiti
byI am shamefully ignorant of the details of the Egyptian civilization. Sure, I know the names of a handful of Kings and Queens, but…
Unveiling the Dark Secrets in The Tailor of Panama: A Book Review
byExcuse me for this post’s a rather shabby shot of the book cover. When one so deeply invests in second-hand books, it’s very difficult…
The Final Chapter: This Was a Man
byThis was a man is the last book in The Clifton Chronicles, which is a series of seven novels by Jeffrey Archer. These books…